Brandon Taylor shows us the beauty and terror in seeking connection
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The characters in Filthy Animals — Brandon Taylor’s short story collection published in 2021— exist in ambiguous and often precarious emotional states. We meet them in vulnerable moments (after a stay in the hospital, after a break up) and watch as they navigate a world that seems to threaten their fragile stability. While reading the eleven stories in this collection I felt, at times, in danger. During quiet moments between strangers at a house party, ex-lovers sharing a dinner, and childhood best friends getting high in the woods, we see the horror and hope of reaching out for something more.
Brandon Taylor shows us the beauty and terror in seeking connection
Brandon Taylor shows us the beauty and terror…
Brandon Taylor shows us the beauty and terror in seeking connection
The characters in Filthy Animals — Brandon Taylor’s short story collection published in 2021— exist in ambiguous and often precarious emotional states. We meet them in vulnerable moments (after a stay in the hospital, after a break up) and watch as they navigate a world that seems to threaten their fragile stability. While reading the eleven stories in this collection I felt, at times, in danger. During quiet moments between strangers at a house party, ex-lovers sharing a dinner, and childhood best friends getting high in the woods, we see the horror and hope of reaching out for something more.